With 2,350 farmers giving written consent for acquisition of 916 hectares of agricultural land for the airport project, the decks have been cleared for the Jewar International airport. With more than 70% farmers ready to give land, the district administration now faces the task of correcting errors in land records so that farmers can be given their rightful compensation. “The land records show my name as Ismail instead of Karam Ilahi Khan. Every village has several farmers, whose names are not correct in the land records, officials said. Gautam Budh Nagar ADM Balram Singh said, “Some farmers have forwarded their complaint about discrepancies in names in the land records.

Source: Hindustan Times September 07, 2018 21:33 UTC